id:			153676
accession number:	1987.195.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.195.b
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Medal of Anne of Austria (reverse), 1660. Jean Warin (French, 1604–1672). Bronze; diameter: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1987.195.b

title:				Medal of Anne of Austria (reverse)
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creation date:			1660
creation date earliest:		1660
creation date latest:		1660
current location:		301 Baroque Sculpture Mezzanine
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	France, 17th century
technique:	bronze
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Jean Warin (French, 1604–1672)  - artist

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measurements: Diameter: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	inscribed:  DIVA.SE.IACTAT.ALVMNA.    .1660. [This translates as "It glories in its divine nourishment," which refers to the young King, Louis XIV (lily).  The fleur-de-lis had long been the chief royal symbol of France.]
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digital description: 
Jean Warin was the foremost medalist in 17th-century France. As the chief designer of coins, his relationship with King Louis XIII was exceptionally close; he convinced the king that commemorative medals were the most important artistic medium for propaganda. Warin revolutionized the production of medals by introducing the raised edge, allowing greater ease in striking medals. This change fueled the shift from casting medals to the more recently invented process of striking, or pressing medals from a die. This work is one of many he composed of Queen Anne of Austria (1601–1666). Although she was born in Spain as the Infanta, or princess, of Spain and Portugal, her title "of Austria" refers to her Hapsburg heritage as well as her title of Archduchess of Austria. The reverse depicts a blooming lily, a symbol of France, and is inscribed "its glories in its divine nourishment," referring to her son, the adolescent King Louis XIV.

wall description: 
Jean Warin revolutionized the production of medals by introducing the raised edge, allowing greater ease in striking (mechanically pressing) medals. He composed numerous medals of Queen Anne of Austria (1601–1666), the regent queen of France before her son Louis XIV was old enough to assume the throne.
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